Patent 5500365 Issued on March 19, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: March 19, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
435/418, Plant cell or cell line, per se, is pest or herbicide resistant or pest lethal435/411, Tomato cell or cell line, per se435/414, Tobacco cell or cell line, per se435/417, Potato cell or cell line, per se536/23.71Bacillus thuringiensis insect toxin
A method for modifying structural gene sequences to enhance the expression of the protein product is disclosed. Also disclosed are novel structural genes which encode insecticidal proteins of B.t.k. HD-1, B.t.k. HD-73, B.t. tenebrionis, B.t. entomocidus, 2 protein of B.t.k. HD-1, and the coat protein of potato leaf roll virus.
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